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Philly’s musical legacy launched with some of the first American-made instruments

The American-made piano and sousaphone got their start in Philly. From there, musical history continues to be made.

Philadelphia birthed the country’s first piano and also the sousaphone, which was made for a musician who was as popular as Taylor Swift

In what is now Northern Liberties, a man created the first American-made piano. 120 years later, the first sousaphone was ...